The DIAS (Data and Information access services) are cloud-based platforms developed to facilitate and standardise the access to Copernicus data and information. The platforms provide access to Sentinel data and to Copernicus operational services; they also host specific applications and tools. EARSC has been working together with the four commercial DIAS in order to publish a comparison table to highlight the main characteristics of the different platforms and make their features and functionalities clearer to users.

The table is intended to be a “work in progress” tool: it will be updated as new features are added to the four DIAS and it will be subject to constant monitoring for the accuracy of information. The following table is a summary of the main features: you can download the technical sheets to have more complete descriptions of the services available on each platform.

EARSC EO product award for 2019 will recognise a product which will support overall sustainable development projects or the implementation of the SDGs at national, regional and/or local levels, and the monitoring and reporting against the global indicator framework.

Mercator Ocean International and the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) are pleased to invite you to the kick-off event of a partnership signed between the two entities in the context of the Copernicus Programme. The Partnership is the first one of its kind with EARSC in the Copernicus Ecosystem. It will be signed during the 11th European Space Policy Conference, on 22nd January 2019 in Brussels, Belgium.

July 01, 2019

News  Programmes

ESA has announced the shortlist of new Earth Explorer mission proposals within its Living Planet Programme. This is part of the selection procedure that will eventually lead to the launch of the fourth Earth Explorer Core mission during the first half of the next decade. (Credits ESA)

In a competition announced by Commission Vice-President G¬?nter Verheugen, European students will be given the chance to come up with a new name for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative (GMES), Europe??s joint effort to make Earth Observation information available to the widest set of users. (Credits Europa)

On 24 March 2006, European and American officials met in Brussels to discuss co-operation in space. It was the first meeting of the ?´EU-US Dialogue on Civil Space Co-operation??, announced at the June 2005 US-EU Summit.(Credits Europa)

According to the UN, safe drinking water remains inaccessible for about 1.1 billion people in the world. To address this global dilemma, the UN Millennium Development pledged at the World Summit in Johannesburg in 2002 to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015.

The European Commission is to boost resources devoted the development of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. In a decision taken on 8 March 2006, the Commission has established a new focal point for its GMES-related activities. (Credits Europa)

Receiving strong backing from ESA member states at this week's Ministerial Conference in Berlin, Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is a joint initiative between ESA and the European Commission to combine ground- and space-based observations to develop an integrated environmental monitoring capability to benefit European citizens. (Credits ESA)

ESA PR 57-2005. The Ministers responsible for space in the European Space Agency's 17 Member States and Canada today concluded a two-day meeting of ESA's ruling Council in Berlin by deciding on a coherent plan for discovery and competitiveness for Europe in space.(Credits ESA)

On 7th December 2005, the African partners of the PUMA project (Preparation for the Use of Meteosat Second Generation in Africa) will present the results this inititiative funded by the European Commission during a workshop co-organised by the unit in charge of the Space Policy at the EC and EUMETSAT. They will also discuss the future of Earth observation in support to the development of Africa and the link with the European Space Policy currently under elaboration. (Credits European Communities)

In London on Tuesday, the British National Space Centre (BNSC) formally became a Partner Agency of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' on behalf of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) Consortium.(Credits ESA)

On the 10th of November, the European Commission adopted a new Communication on Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): From concept to reality. This Communication that will be on the agenda of the next European Space Council, plans to introduce the first three earth observation services: emergency management, land monitoring and marine services. After GALILEO, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) has become the second EU flagship in space policy. (Credits Europa)

Recognising that scientific research has 'not lived up to its full potential in addressing some of society's most pressing concerns', the International Council for Science (ICSU) has announced a strategic plan to strengthen science for the benefit of society. (Credits Cordis)